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the centers for disease control and prevention in atlanta, georgia, thency responsible for monitoring the health status of the american people. stephen ostroff: cdc functions as the doctor for the community or for the public at large, and so we monitor health status in a much broader sense. our job is to watch the health of the american public, and when we see disturbances in the health of the american public, when we see diseases, our job is to try to figure out why they occur and how to both control them-- but more importantly, to prevent them. people often ask why this large public agency is located in atlanta instead of the nation's capital. we are the only major government agency that is not headquartered in washington, dc, and both the fact that we're not in washington as well as the date that we were established, tells you something about our history. in 1946, troops were returning home from europe and the pacific after world war ii. the joy of their return was tempered by public health concerns about what might be arriving with them. would their homecoming also reintroduce dis
the centers for disease control and prevention in atlanta, georgia, thency responsible for monitoring the health status of the american people. stephen ostroff: cdc functions as the doctor for the community or for the public at large, and so we monitor health status in a much broader sense. our job is to watch the health of the american public, and when we see disturbances in the health of the american public, when we see diseases, our job is to try to figure out why they occur and how to both...
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this man just signed a contract with the atlanta braves. this is something that the mbl rarely does. if upton gets paid one day later, he gets paid an additional $120,000 in taxes. he is not alone. his former tampa bay teammaae, signed an extension cable next week. o can blame them? it is like a tax revolt all over the place. if washington doesn't act fast, major league owners will be forced to shell out a lot of money. gerri: it is thi nation's symbol of strength and unity in the face of tragedy. the rebuilding of one world trade center. the massive building is nearing completion. but it hasn't reached this milestone without majo complications. especially for cmmuters and the city's transportation agency. with more on the government's misuse of 9/11 funds, we have the manhattan institute scholar and "new york post" columnist michael goodwin. welcome to you both. -icole, i'm going to start with you. you just read an article on this, and you have done a ton of research. let's talk about the dollars and cents. how much money as the port autho
this man just signed a contract with the atlanta braves. this is something that the mbl rarely does. if upton gets paid one day later, he gets paid an additional $120,000 in taxes. he is not alone. his former tampa bay teammaae, signed an extension cable next week. o can blame them? it is like a tax revolt all over the place. if washington doesn't act fast, major league owners will be forced to shell out a lot of money. gerri: it is thi nation's symbol of strength and unity in the face of...
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in the heart of atlanta is the museum of natural history's children and family friendly exhibit nature quest. opened in march 2011 with more than 7,000 square feet of interactive educational things to do and see, the exhibit has the feel of a playground and education tools of a classroom. every nook and cranny offers children a new adventure. at nature quest children are challenged through self-discovery to explore and be curious in hands-on environment just like real scientists. with over 100 interactive encounters to choose from, a few of my son's favorites include the clubhouse built in the trees, hidden tunnels filled with fossils and the river that simulates swimming when little feet step on it. >> nature quest is this amazingly fun world that you can sm explore from the ocean to top of the mountains. everywhere you look there's something to find, something is alive. >> what does a 2-year-old care about science? not much but my son has so much fun exploring that he doesn't realize his brain is learning too. >>> have you ever been asked to check off one of those boxes that describe
in the heart of atlanta is the museum of natural history's children and family friendly exhibit nature quest. opened in march 2011 with more than 7,000 square feet of interactive educational things to do and see, the exhibit has the feel of a playground and education tools of a classroom. every nook and cranny offers children a new adventure. at nature quest children are challenged through self-discovery to explore and be curious in hands-on environment just like real scientists. with over 100...
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individuals who, would generally represent something that would be similar to general sherman's march to atlanta in the civil war. and another planet is the opposite of that. you can hear the previous speakers that they're genuinely invested in the well-being of this city, in the well-being of this community, and the well-being of the event. the event also has ancillary benefits for san francisco in terms of crest, in terms of the convention and visitors bureau, drawing people to san francisco, and drawing people's focus to san francisco. it creates an international presence for san francisco and in recently the cover story of the new york times magazine was on one of the performers from out side lands, neil young, the entire article was centered on his performance at outside lands. there is constant exposure for san francisco, for what a lot of people like to call the grand san francisco by this concert. and in terms of labor where my interests are, i work in labor. our members are well treated on this event. our members work on this event and our members are local people in san francisco. my z
individuals who, would generally represent something that would be similar to general sherman's march to atlanta in the civil war. and another planet is the opposite of that. you can hear the previous speakers that they're genuinely invested in the well-being of this city, in the well-being of this community, and the well-being of the event. the event also has ancillary benefits for san francisco in terms of crest, in terms of the convention and visitors bureau, drawing people to san francisco,...
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washington, 46, atlanta, 58. sunny and cloudy st. louis, 58. colder with showers in denver. periods of rain in seattle. 46 degrees. >>> get ready for big fun at the grammy awards. the nominations were announced during a special concert last night in nashville. ♪ >> that's the band fun. the indy group got best song. also those who got nominations was frank and also r & b mumford & sons. you can see the 55th annual grammy awards february 10th, 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on cbs. >>> the duchess of cambridge remains hospitalized for morning sickness treatment. the hospital says it's reviewing telephone info after a nurse revealed information to a prank caller. we have the details from london. >> reporter: the duchess of cambridge got a hospital visit from her sister pippa and brother james. they arrived the day after a caller pretending to be the queen got through to kate's nurse. >> hello. good morning. king edward vii hospital. >> hello there. could i please speak to kate please, my granddaughter. >> reporter: the prankster fooled her way past the operator and tricked kate
washington, 46, atlanta, 58. sunny and cloudy st. louis, 58. colder with showers in denver. periods of rain in seattle. 46 degrees. >>> get ready for big fun at the grammy awards. the nominations were announced during a special concert last night in nashville. ♪ >> that's the band fun. the indy group got best song. also those who got nominations was frank and also r & b mumford & sons. you can see the 55th annual grammy awards february 10th, 8:00 p.m. eastern right here...
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i was surprised that atlanta is so big and bright. >> reporter: atlanta and, of course, the northeast. and you can see there that sort of corridor up in new york and philly and boston. and then there's a lot of darkness out west until you get out to california. jon: yeah. having driven that span from denver to california many times, i can see why. [laughter] rick, thanks very much. jenna: well, right now some folks are celebrating out west, and today is the first day you can legally smoke pot in washington state. but how will law enforcement determine if people are too high to drive? those satellite images probably are not going to be useful in this sort of situation. william la jeunesse is live in los angeles with more. william? >> reporter: well, jenna, 33% of those killed in auto accidents have some drug other than alcohol in their system, so the fear was legalizing pot would only make that worse. pot advocates say smokers know when they're too high to drive. well, washington state taking no chances, imposing a strict limit on the amount of pot drivers can have in their system. >>
i was surprised that atlanta is so big and bright. >> reporter: atlanta and, of course, the northeast. and you can see there that sort of corridor up in new york and philly and boston. and then there's a lot of darkness out west until you get out to california. jon: yeah. having driven that span from denver to california many times, i can see why. [laughter] rick, thanks very much. jenna: well, right now some folks are celebrating out west, and today is the first day you can legally smoke...
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be friended him over the course of the seven or eight months and actually atlanta money gave them rides to doctor's offices and stuff like that and then when it came down to actually saying oh hey you remember how you wanted to blow up churches by the way we have all those explosives for you they brought him to a car and they said ok we'll just give us one hundred dollars down payment and with that hundred dollars we're going to give you for something automatic pistols a grenade and a handful of ammunition which i mean i'm no i'm no weapons expert but i think we'd be usually no more than i was also he meant like he was going to pay them after he blew up the church or the sign exactly it just raises the question you know knowing that the threat of terrorism in this country nine eleven aside or no including nine eleven you're more likely to die of a terrorist attack in this country than you are to suffocate in bed and i figure maybe my sister and i start to write but i mean why is the f.b.i. and these law enforcement agencies spending so much of our resources taxpayer resources to to mani
be friended him over the course of the seven or eight months and actually atlanta money gave them rides to doctor's offices and stuff like that and then when it came down to actually saying oh hey you remember how you wanted to blow up churches by the way we have all those explosives for you they brought him to a car and they said ok we'll just give us one hundred dollars down payment and with that hundred dollars we're going to give you for something automatic pistols a grenade and a handful...
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decorations you're looking at, they were put together by hardway inc, a local company based out of atlanta, maryland. they have been doing this a long time and decorated the 56 state trees, the territorial trees that are the ring around the main tree there and this year's design features 450 designs of 100 red green and twinkling lights. >> l.e.d. lights, so environmentally correct lights and that is the only kind you of lights can you buy now at the stores and this is a new prise is spruce. new to the ellipse. the previous tree died a year from transplant shake year ago. before, that a tree that stood for 30 years was destroyed by wind in february 2011. >> go ahead. >> and to give you more details on the decorations there, hopefully the camera will pull back. i wondered how the decorations look like that and they actually build a mesh around the tree and to weigh it down and that is so fragile. 4,000-watts of electricity from year's past and can you see the difference in the light there. >> and that is some pepco girl, right? and we should tell you there are 56 smaller decorated trees sur
decorations you're looking at, they were put together by hardway inc, a local company based out of atlanta, maryland. they have been doing this a long time and decorated the 56 state trees, the territorial trees that are the ring around the main tree there and this year's design features 450 designs of 100 red green and twinkling lights. >> l.e.d. lights, so environmentally correct lights and that is the only kind you of lights can you buy now at the stores and this is a new prise is...
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brian chandler, data manager in atlanta is delaying buying a house, despite needing space for his second child due any day now. several families told us they're shrinking the gift pile beneath the christmas tree this year. how about you? are you prepared if the nation goes off the fiscal cliff? facebook.com/carolcnn. facebook.com/carolc facebook.com/carolcnn. your responses later this hour. >>> what's it like living high above the earth? how do you celebrate the holidays? i'll ask astronaut kevin ford. he will join me, live, from the international space station. ♪ [ male announcer ] born from the elements. ♪ destined to take them over. the uconnect command center with sirius xm satellite radio in the new 2013 ram 1500. engineered to move heaven and earth. guts. glory. ram. [ woman ] ♪ what i want this season ♪ if you'd like to try and guess ♪ ♪ it is something very special ♪ i would readily confess [ dogs barking ] ♪ 'cause all i want this season ♪ ♪ is something from your heart ♪ la da da, la da da [ male announcer ] thinking of others this holiday season, traveler
brian chandler, data manager in atlanta is delaying buying a house, despite needing space for his second child due any day now. several families told us they're shrinking the gift pile beneath the christmas tree this year. how about you? are you prepared if the nation goes off the fiscal cliff? facebook.com/carolcnn. facebook.com/carolc facebook.com/carolcnn. your responses later this hour. >>> what's it like living high above the earth? how do you celebrate the holidays? i'll ask...
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but that changed last may after a zip line adventure outside atlanta. the line snapped as amy was riding it. she fell into the river and needed staples to close the wound. she thought things were okay. several days later, she went back to the hospital and learned she had a bacteria. within days, it began ravaging her body and within weeks, doctors were forced to amputate her leg. that's when we first spoke to her father. >> i believe the doctors would have said she had a 1% chance of survival. >> after two months in the hospital, the disease claimed both of amy's hands. both feet and her left leg. but as her sister told us in june, she continued to fight. >> she cherishes life. every day is a gift. she has always had that outlook. >> surrounded by her family, amy moved home at the end of august. local builders donated a $200,000 addition to make life easier for her to get around. she's been fitted with three prosthetic limbs, has an automated wheelchair and she's planning on returning to college and getting that masters degree. >> it's a really unbeliev
but that changed last may after a zip line adventure outside atlanta. the line snapped as amy was riding it. she fell into the river and needed staples to close the wound. she thought things were okay. several days later, she went back to the hospital and learned she had a bacteria. within days, it began ravaging her body and within weeks, doctors were forced to amputate her leg. that's when we first spoke to her father. >> i believe the doctors would have said she had a 1% chance of...
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. >> i saw an op-ed that you wrote pop up on the web site of the "atlanta journal and constitution" and it was headlined "a message to taxpayers e taxpayers" and it argues house republicans are the only thing standing between families and a tax increase. how is that? >> as you well know, the fiscal cliff we're talking about has all kinds of components to it. it's the estate tax death tax, capital gains, dividend, alternative minimum tax, all the things that will harm a vast majority of americans from a tax standpoint in a significant and fundamental way. we believe those rates ought no increase. the president is willing to play politics and take us to the brink of raising those tax rates on virtually every single american. that's not what we believe is the kind of activity will get our economy and jobs rolling again. >> the white house will argue they're not the ones holds out to protect the top 2%, that it's the republicans doing that. >> great point, chris, the problem is what the president is holding out for is a nonsolution. the tax increases that the president wants on the top 2% w
. >> i saw an op-ed that you wrote pop up on the web site of the "atlanta journal and constitution" and it was headlined "a message to taxpayers e taxpayers" and it argues house republicans are the only thing standing between families and a tax increase. how is that? >> as you well know, the fiscal cliff we're talking about has all kinds of components to it. it's the estate tax death tax, capital gains, dividend, alternative minimum tax, all the things that will...
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atlanta, georgi thanks for joining us. what do you think is most concerning here? how was the quarter? >> actually, we were very pleased with the quarter. really pleased with the year. we went into the year saying we were with going to have to work hard to get 7% earnings growth. we ended up with 8 and 10% overall growth. it's really actually, you know, we faced a lot of head winds this year. lots of things going on. so frankly, we're very pleased with the year. >> of course, you announced this acquisiti acquisition. why do this deal now? what was so important in terms of contributing to business? >> yeah, so, you know, we have signaled to the market for some time what we want to do. this fit absolutely perfect. it's one of these great firms. these are incredibly high quality people. i think what we can do is have a partnership in effect with them. they're going to be independent. we don't want to change that culture. what we can do is feed them business so they can grow even faster than they would have grown without us. we're just delighted. it obviously adds capa
atlanta, georgi thanks for joining us. what do you think is most concerning here? how was the quarter? >> actually, we were very pleased with the quarter. really pleased with the year. we went into the year saying we were with going to have to work hard to get 7% earnings growth. we ended up with 8 and 10% overall growth. it's really actually, you know, we faced a lot of head winds this year. lots of things going on. so frankly, we're very pleased with the year. >> of course, you...
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the southeast, we're staying from atlanta, nashville and birmingham. sunday is when that cold air will come in. two chances in places like denver, minneapolis and green bay between now and sunday for a little bit of snow, maybe a couple inches or so. we've seen it in the cascades, the sierra and northern rogz. they get it but we get into it farther east than we had in the past, guys. the big picture, pretty quiet. mountain snow in the northwest. temperatures coming down for the center of the country. >> exciting. thank you so much. >>> 53 minutes past the hour. the duchess of cambridge has been released from the hospital. you know she was admitted earlier this week with acute morning sickness. katherine along with prince william have announced they are expecting their first child. we have the pictures for you. we're getting those together and we'll show you. we'll see if she's looking well. everybody around the world sent them well wishes. >>> kobe bryant reaches a milestone that only four other players it nba history is reached. >>> that story and a f
the southeast, we're staying from atlanta, nashville and birmingham. sunday is when that cold air will come in. two chances in places like denver, minneapolis and green bay between now and sunday for a little bit of snow, maybe a couple inches or so. we've seen it in the cascades, the sierra and northern rogz. they get it but we get into it farther east than we had in the past, guys. the big picture, pretty quiet. mountain snow in the northwest. temperatures coming down for the center of the...
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almost 60 in atlanta. about the same for new orleans. temperatures currently in the 50s for the most part in much of texas. but it is still chilly across the central plains. later today in kansas city, you'll warm up to almost 60 degrees. in new york city, considerly cooler and breezier today. 42 is going to be the daytime high. almost 80 in tampa. temperatures along the gulf coast in the 70s. we got 50s and 60s out along the pacific in california. then seattle should top out at 44. in the detroit area today, temperatures in the lower 40s. the reason i mentioned detroit is they want their bacon bailout. >> gretchen: they do. they want somebody to bring home the bacon and specifically, it's president obama. they say that overwhelmingly in the county where detroit is, i believe it's wayne county, michigan, more than 70% of the people voted for president obama. >> brian: michigan was closing in those last few days. >> gretchen: 73% in wayne county voted for president obama. and council woman joanne watson has her own analysis of that and ha
almost 60 in atlanta. about the same for new orleans. temperatures currently in the 50s for the most part in much of texas. but it is still chilly across the central plains. later today in kansas city, you'll warm up to almost 60 degrees. in new york city, considerly cooler and breezier today. 42 is going to be the daytime high. almost 80 in tampa. temperatures along the gulf coast in the 70s. we got 50s and 60s out along the pacific in california. then seattle should top out at 44. in the...
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look for showers along the southeastern atlanta coast into florida. plenty of sunshine. temperatures from five to ten degrees below average. that's what's going on around the country. we are going to get your local forecast after this. >>> good morning. cold dawn this thursday morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. coldest temperatures we have seen this december. low to mid-20s in maryland and west virginia. we are going to stay below freezing for a couple hours. by noontime, ought to be in the mid-40s with clouds coming and going. clouding up tonight. cloudy period from friday to the weekend. a slight chance of sprinkles with a high near >>> that's your latest weather. here's savannah. >>> new movement this morning to try and avoid the fiscal cliff. some republicans are considering abandoning their staunch opposition to higher tax rates according to recent reports. alan simpson was co-chair on the commission of fiscal responsibility. he's a co-founder of fix the debt campaign and joins us now. senator simpson, good morning, it's great to see you. >> great
look for showers along the southeastern atlanta coast into florida. plenty of sunshine. temperatures from five to ten degrees below average. that's what's going on around the country. we are going to get your local forecast after this. >>> good morning. cold dawn this thursday morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. coldest temperatures we have seen this december. low to mid-20s in maryland and west virginia. we are going to stay below freezing for a couple hours. by...